Lineages and Honors Information
Military Police
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 March 2018
571st Military Police Company
(DRAGON CRUSHERS)
- Constituted 12 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 71st Military Police Company
- Activated 25 February 1944 in Algeria
- Inactivated 29 November 1945 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Redesignated 12 April 1949 as the 571st Military Police Company and activated at Fort Jay, New York
- Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
- Inactivated 28 March 1955 in Japan
- Activated 11 January 1971 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rome-Arno
- Rhineland
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994-1995
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History